Technical Design Specialist

National Safety Apparel•Cleveland, OH

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

National Safety Apparel (NSA) is a fourth-generation, family-owned business that manufactures innovative safety apparel products in the USA. Founded in Cleveland, OH, NSA has been dedicated to ensuring that every worker returns home safely. NSA operates 10 USA manufacturing plants and employs over 1,000 American workers. The Technical Designer will collaborate to develop new design concepts and ensure manufacturability and scalability of products across multiple manufacturing locations. This role is responsible for facilitating production setup for new designs, maintaining location-specific tech packs and patterns, and supporting manufacturing teams with product lifecycle updates.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in apparel design or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, Gerber Accumark (or related CAD system) preferred.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high energy and demanding environment.
Strong skills in organization, prioritization, time management and project management.
Attention to detail and accuracy.
Knowledge in pattern making and garment construction.
Ability to collaborate with internal and external partners to achieve positive results.
Long periods of sitting, computer work, and ability to travel to offsite facilities as needed.

Responsibilities

Create flat patterns for new design concepts based on customer specific requirements outlined by the sales team through the Sample Quote Request process, maximizing material utilization, fit, function, and ease of assembly.
Translate design concepts into clear concise tech packs.
Modify and revise existing designs to meet customer expectations.
Create and maintain sizing specs through grading and size chart creation.
Integrate new design/product concepts into a scalable manufacturing environment.
Optimize garment production at various Manufacturing locations.
Modify and revise existing designs to meet unique Manufacturing location needs and/or changes in specs or requirements.
Work with Manufacturing to establish standard labor times.
Turn design concepts into functional prototypes and ensure production timelines are met.
Evaluate construction, quality, efficiency, consistency, scalability, and manufacturability.
Evaluate, prioritize, and implement process improvement/cost reduction projects for existing processes.
Other duties as assigned.